Age UK’s Personalised Integrated Care Programme is helping older people...
Meet 77 year old Robert. Living in Thornton Heath, he was never apart from his wife of 45 years who he was caring for as she had cancer. However, that was all about to change. After becoming unwell,...
View ArticleTackling malnutrition in our communities
This week is Nutrition and Hydration Week, an excellent campaign which celebrates food and drink as a way of maintaining health and wellbeing. As part of the Week, the Malnutrition Task Force have...
View ArticleHow dance classes can be of real benefit to older people
We were pleased to read the news at the weekend reporting that the NHS is recommending dance classes for older people to help them to stay fit and healthy and reduce their risk of having a fall. We...
View ArticleA renewed NHS will help tackle the health needs of today
A guest blog from Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England Medical Director, on the innovative ways the NHS is adapting to an ageing society and more people living with multiple and long-term conditions....
View ArticleHeatwaves – a hot topic
After such a wet winter, a bit of sun may sound like no bad thing, but people often underestimate the effect of high temperatures on older people: the 2003 heatwave led to an alarming 22 per cent...
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